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There was nothing
particularly unusual about

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that thirty nine thousand
one hundred and forty five.

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Subways railroad terminals on ferry boats
just the opposite sound midgets women

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went about their housework and
later their day's shopping.

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It's part of the normal
life was newspapers.

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It's taken as a matter of course
by every wants all regular

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and complete a part of
normal everyday living

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that finding newspapers on the newsstand
buying them morning on nights was taken

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pretty much for granted.

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Never thought of the rumbling presses

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that produce that's completely oblivious
to the bad transportation system

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that place them so conveniently
on fourteen thousand.

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But basically located
newsstands throughout the city.

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No reason to contemplate what life without
newspapers would mean until suddenly

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and with little warning writes seventeen
a hundred. Delivery men seized work.

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Newspaper truck stop growing newsstands
formally piled high with a daily New York

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newspapers where the void of newspapers the
void of customers barren as it does are

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waits with the lone exception of
the eps NEWSSTAND where as there.

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As Mother Hubbard converts thirteen million
metropolitan New Yorkers to the pride

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of their daily newspaper fair.

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And this at a time when great events
were in the making the world over.

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President Truman was on his way to a meeting
of the big three Japanese cities were

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being laid waste by B.

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Twenty ninth's thousands of American
boys were returning home from Europe in

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battlefields.

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It's now newspapers where more than a
have it's more than a convenience.

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They were a necessity. Here them was
the time of all time for radio.

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The psychological moments for years.

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The point has been argued
discussion has raged pro

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and con it's Will radio
eventually supplant newspapers.

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It's Isn't it easier to turn a
switch than to read an editorial.

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Yes or radio here was a
heaven planned opportunity.

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Reluctance to profit by adversity. It's
hesitant to capitalize misfortune.

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It's radio nevertheless had a job to do.

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A public service the proponents

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and radio Rose notably to
the IT TASTES newscasters

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and commentators labored long in the
hearts of radio news programs were

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substantially increased its
many newspapers either started

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or increased their regular news radio
roundups the Times was on the air every hour

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on the hour. They Herald
Tribune had a regular news.

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Harriet's the news doubled its schedule
went on the air forty eight times a day at

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almost any hour day or night.

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The public could flip a dial and hearing
those cats certainly news by radio.

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Could satisfy the news hungry public
radio was giving it every chance.

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But something was lacking. It's an appetizer
is a poor substitute for a full meal.

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A starving man languages on a Hollywood
diets radio was apparently not the right

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answer. It's newspaper readers
telephoned him and discovered

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that the site's pickets newspapers were
still being published every day it's

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learned they could obtain copies by going
directly to the newspaper plants here

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is the Herald Tribune plant on
the first day of the strike.

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Showing the truck loading platform used
to sell papers in the emergence of the

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first day of the strike car with Tribune
speculation plummeted to fifteen thousand.

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But as more

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and more loyal pretty own readers learned
they could buy the paper at the plants

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they went to the Herald Tribune
and ever increasing numbers.

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On the last day of the sprites the Herald
Tribune sold sixty five thousand copies.

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By far the greater portion of them in direct
over the counter playlets to credit on

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readers who had taken the time

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and trouble to come far out of their way
to get a copy of their favorite morning

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newspaper.

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This represents a surprisingly high
percentage of Tribune circulation achieved

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under extremely difficult conditions.

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It's Meanwhile a lot of
Tribune readers on the paper.

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Get Target Point back.

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Trying to profit from an account
of the conference talk to.

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Now let's move to the journal America
here is a newspaper plant so this

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advantageously located
for the general public

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that the paper maintains frequent
bus service for its own employees.

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To a nearby transportation.

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That's the siren's of these rivers
shipping convoys provide amused.

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No background for the roar of the press.

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It's the fight is inaccessible location
Journal American readers problems at the

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plant on South Street engro circulation
on the first day of the strike dropped to

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four thousand

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but by the end of the strike daily sales
figures climbed to twenty five bouts

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mirror fans lined up at the mirror plan
in mounting crescendo daily sales figures

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are unavailable.

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But through teeming rain

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and blazing the Mirror readers made the
trip to the plants built in line made their

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parts the New York Sun. Here was
New York's longest picket line.

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It is impossible to show the pull effect
of the sun readership line because the

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paper was sold inside the building.

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It's done Raiders entered the marble lobby
of the building shown in the center made

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their purchase inside and emerge
through the door at the lefts

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when sales got too heavy for the emergency
op its boxes were set up in the marble

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Poirot to serve as temporary news think
it's during rush hour the place looks like

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grand station.

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It's circulation climbed from a low of
twenty three thousand on the first day of

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the strike. The high of seventy
eight thousand on the last day.

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It's the New York World's Telegraph it's
this plant is located downtown near the

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New Jersey commuting terminates the entrance
where papers were sold is situated on

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a mountainside streets in deep shadow untouched
by the rays of the afternoon months.

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This made it impossible
to take color picture.

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There was nothing shadowy I'll ever about
the long lines of the World Telegram

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reader who came from there and far.

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Readers made the trip to the World
Telegram plant all the way from.

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Haven Connecticut it's from the
far corner of Long Island.

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It's a line five blocks long
where a daily occurrence.

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It's thousands filed slowly
into the telegram building.

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And emerged triumphantly with their favorite
afternoon newspaper circulation rose

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from fifteen thousand on the first day of
the rights to fifty thousand on the last

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day of the New York Times.

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Because of its Times Square location
and because it is a morning paper.

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The largest time crowd during
weekdays occurred at night

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and are not shown here black the days

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and to the times were frequently choked
with readers for a couple of hours around

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theater closing time.

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It's a New Jersey resident bought five
copies of the paper to auction off at Red

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Cross mates when copies of the times
got as far as a very Park New Jersey.

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Although well read by train passengers
they were sold for a dollar a copy of

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currents fifty percent.

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If a day old a newsstand manager of little
silver New Jersey was offered a dollar

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for a day owed time but refused to sell
because they wanted to read it himself.

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It's times daily circulation rose from
thirty eight thousand on the first day of

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the sprites to two hundred and ten about.

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The final day of the New York move.

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For twenty two hours out of every
twenty four news readers poured in

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and out of the news building two to four
breaths from six o'clock in the morning

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before the next morning.

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It's line began forming in the afternoon
about five o'clock for three hours to

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await the first edition at eight.

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That means pm It's the longest line occurred
on a Saturday night by the Sunday news.

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It's this line seven theme black long
snake this way along Third Avenue back

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and forth on cross street to thirty second
Streets City Police went through the

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subways up thirty fourth Street warning
passengers bound for the news building to

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get off there to join the line instead
of going on up to forty second Street

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Assistant Chief Inspector John De Martino
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that this is a Vegas line
up crowd in my experience

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that average thirty thousand per hour.

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It's people stood in line for two hours
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Street grew accustomed to a daily ritual.

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It's passing probably cars were parked while
motor men on passengers got off to buy

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the paper it's taxis
private cars the streets

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and adjacent blocks were packed throughout
each evening with their phones while

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passengers and drivers bought the notes.

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One of the picketers after setting his
sign nightly went inside to buy his paper

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from thirty seven thousand over the counter
sales on the first day of the sprites

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sales zone to nine hundred

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and fifteen thousand on the
last day of which five hundred

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and eighty four thousand sales were
made over the counter to individuals

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and the lines used sleeps happily.

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However even labor strike has its lighter
moments by courtesy of Movietone

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new. Mayor at Facebook
where to read the comics.

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Think Tank top tier of the first picture
is a lot of the wagon with a London bike

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and and let's rush back
to driving an hour. That.

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Blank's sitting down with his back
towards the back room right again.

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Even his mom our little friend even when
he's going we must give him a minute

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and he's been fired work
for months and he says

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when are you going to let me out of here.

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When was it easy and then the next picture

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and the sound inside the wagon wash

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says I like you I'll bring you
decided to give me a better cut back

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on the inside and we'll see the inside.
I also enjoy thousand dollars.

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What you think I am.

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This is my money and if you
remember she stopped ripping

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and tearing up the laundry and she has
all of the money in bills in the police

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that we hear Webb was
safe. I know your a maid.

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I saw you there last week and I know
there's something funny about that though.

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when we get it it's going to
be OK then maybe you like some

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more of your long break
trying to bases in Iraq and

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that a lot of delegates these are wrong.

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Generates and he looks I
lose my job over there.

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Stop him with five grand get to six years.

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He was gone as a laundry wagon are open.

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He's leaning with his
back toward the wagon

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and he's counting his money to three
four thousand now he's getting into the

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hundred six hundred seven hundred and
two hundred and the picture shows

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and that's. Thank you. Now.

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Our black line Paquin them that I'm fine.

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Keep us in the band woman and
kindness plan to put the money.

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And.

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She donates knocked out the children.

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Why does an army. Eight names is that
down in money. Now my brings any luck.

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It's the New York learns
that the newspapers

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but not go to the public the public
would come to the paper it's during the

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seventeen days of the strike the public.

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Came to the various plants but a
total of ten million six hundred

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and twenty eight thousand newspaper.
It's double inconvenience.

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This was the price paid each day for New
York newspapers by a long lines of people

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in rain

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and spots standing for hours on hard time
creates risking bodily harm by cutting

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through picket lines.

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It's impervious to shouted warnings of
pickets in a steady heavily unionized man

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women and children in all walks of life.

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It's giving up a summer evening
of pleasure or relaxation.

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It's going without lunch or
postponing dinner for hours.

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It's coming for miles

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and often warm subways to stand
for long periods in the holding

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or slow moving five patients first firing
first class that's all for a few tiny

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parts that is the miracle of journalists

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and such is the significance of newspapers
to their readers the newspapers which

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can be read and really read newspapers
in which the public can read all about.

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It's in their own time at
their own convenience.

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And that's what is New York by of really
when the right. Finally was in the.

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When within the hour of
the trucks were rolling

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and New York life returned to normal.

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It's once again sematic
proof has been given

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that no other medium than take the place
of newspapers in the lives of the people

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and the fundamental reason why newspapers
are held in such high regard by the

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American public. Lies in that long.

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Cherry's ball marked on the
Liberty Freedom of the press.